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The new HTC Desire Eye phone will be available on Three as the operator announced an agreement to become the exclusive UK operator to sell the device. The smartphone with front and rear 13MP cameras with dual-LED flash units went official last night in New York, and Three was quick to brag that it got the exclusivity deal. There is no information if Three's exclusivity is time limited or not. Naturally, you will be able to get a subsidized HTC Desire Eye with a 2-year contract, but again - the pricing and exact availability is to be specified later.

The Desire EYE was the centrepiece of HTC’s Double Exposure eventt on Wednesday night. Its key feature is the 13-megapixel front-facing camera, designed to allow users to produce even more selfies at a higher quality than experienced on most other smartphones on the market. In addition, the Eye comes equipped with a 5.2-inch Full HD display, 2GB RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor clocks at 2.3GHz. You also get 16 GB internal memory and a microSD slot (128GB). The device is waterproof and comes with a bunch of sensors. Lastly, the Eye comes running on Android 4.4.4 KitKat powered by a 2,400mAh battery.

HTC has also bundled in a host of interesting software features which allows users to up their selfie game. Split Capture takes a photo with the front and rear-facing cameras at the same time, while Crop-Me-In places the user in the shot captured by the rear camera.

The handset will be available in November. Three also announced it will be offering the Re Camera costing £169 ($275). However there is one confusion over the news. It's unclear what happens if you aren't a Three user - the press release mentions that three will be the only operator to offer the smartphone so an unlocked and SIM-free HTC Desire Eye might be available through other retailers.